Virtual Trek Con 3: Thursday, March 17 – Monday, March 21

Virtual Trek Con is back for a third year and includes the new LLAPy Awards. Ryan T. Husk, Cirroc Lofton, Malissa Longo, and their colleagues and guests present a long weekend of panels and interviews and such. The programming begins TODAY at 2pm PT/5pm ET. All the details are at Virtual Trek Con.

Galaxy Con Richmond: Friday, March 18 – Sunday, March 20

William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey Combs, and Chris Sarandon will be appearing at Galaxy Con taking place at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, in Richmond, Virginia this Friday through Sunday. Shatner will be there Friday and Saturday only, and Sarandon will be there Saturday and Sunday only. Head over to Galaxy Con for everything else you need to know.

NWA Comic Con: Saturday, March 19 – Sunday, March 20

Doug Jones will be appearing at the Northwest Arkansas Comic Convention this Saturday and Sunday. The con is happening at the Rogers Convention Center, in Rogers, Arkansas. More information is at NWA Comic Con.

Ron Perlman Private Signing: Tuesday, March 22

Orders are due next Tuesday, March 22, at 11:59pm ET for autographs from Ron Perlman via Galaxy Con. Signatures are available on photos and mini posters. You can get the details and place your orders at Galaxy Con.

The Regular Stuff

• These are the Twitter watchalongs:

  • #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

  • #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

  • #StarTrekHour is a Q&A-format event, every Tuesday at 1pm PT.

• Then there’s Star Trek: Watch Party, hosted daily and coordinated on Facebook. Every evening, they use the Teleparty browser extension to watch Star Trek together. To find out more, head over to Star Trek: Watch Party on Facebook.

• Speaking of a Star Trek watch party: the iBlind Users Group hosts Trekkie Talk on the first and third Thursdays of every month. They watch an audio descriptive version of a Star Trek episode and get together virtually to discuss it. To find out how to join in, visit ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk.

• But wait, there’s more watch partying: Club IDIC hosts a weekly watch party and discussion at 6pm Alberta Time every Friday. The schedule and Zoom links are available at the Club IDIC Facebook page.

• To Proudly Go, a New York-based nonprofit, will be hosting Star Trek: Discovery season 4 viewing parties each Saturday. The gatherings begin at 6:00pm ET at the Barracuda Lounge in New York City. Tickets are free, and vaccination is required. The viewing parties also include Star Trek trivia games, special Star Trek-themed drag performances, two-for-one drinks, fabulous Star Trek prizes, and merchandise. For all the details and to reserve tickets, visit To Proudly Go on Facebook.

• Virtual Trek Con presents The Main Viewer every Tuesday - a live discussion show on YT with occasional special guests and an open chat geared towards fan interaction.

• Disco Does DnD - livestream DnD game with DSC actors on Twitch, every Sunday at 1pmPT/4pmET. 

• And finally, there’s Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. They meet twice-monthly on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details, and how you can join in, visit sidcity.net.

Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk